72-74 How To Be A System (Dummy-Proof Edition)
Chapter 72. Ren 'Stalker' Qingquan
Now that the serious talk with Ren Qingquan is done, let's check on my gains!
Thanks to Ren Qingchen's hard work at hunting for the last two days, I gained an extra 300 points. Coupled with the gains from that Tribulation Transcender, there is already a huge change on my personal screen.
[Name: System
Skills:
[Storage]
Inanimate and frozen time: 1000 cubic meters.
Space with x2 speed: 1 cubic meter.
[Transfer]
100 meters/ point.
[Calculate]
Upgraded using: 20,000 points.
[Devour]
Radius: 15 Meters (10,000 points)
[Scan]
Max Range: 10,000
[Create]
[Anchor]
Lv 7 : Ren Qingquan
Lv 5 : 1 (Azure Emperor)
Lv 4 : 2(Ren Qingchen, boy with necklace)
Lv 3 : 1 (Elder Gu)
Lv 2 : ±10
Lv 1 : ±1,000
Energy: 130,000
Daily income: 80 Energy]
Coincidentally, Ren Qingquan is also checking on the gains he received from his attempt at extorting me.
[Name: Ren Qingquan
Realm: Golden Core 0/150
Absorbed Spirit Qi: 15/15 (Auto Refill OFF)
Point: 2,000
Profession: Formation master (Extremely Weak.)
Cultivation Method: Immortal Body Tempering (Immortal Ascension)
Magical Technique:
Armaments Transformation V.2 (Golden Core),
Body Hardening V.2 (Golden Core),
Formation Technique 1 (Golden Core)
First Section of Super Duper ... Turtle Shell Technique (Golden Core),
First Section of Turtle Divination Art (Golden Core),
First Part of Evanescent Movement (Golden Core),
First Part of Void Refining (Golden Core)
First Part of Don't Peek At Me, Pervert!(Golden Core)
System function: Devour, Shop, Scan, Library, Map (1000 meters radius), Calculate, System Storage (100 cubic meters, 1 cubic meters with 2x times), Sub system, Quest, Transfer (100 meter/points).]
When he saw the amount of points he had left, Ren Qingquan quickly screamed. 'System, my points are missing!!!"
[During the previous fight, system activated your Automatic Spirit Qi Refill Function. Which consumed some of your points to recover your spirit qi]
'Why didn't you tell me! *Sob* my hard earned money is gone!!'
Actually I wanna say those points either come from tricking the Heavenly Will or Ren Qingchen's hard work. But as a good system, I keep it to myself upon detecting Ren Qingquan's currently unstable emotions.
While Ren Qingquan and I are busy arguing. The boy whose grandma in the necklace I devoured finally woke up.
As I already placed a part of my attention on the boy, I immediately told Ren Qingquan about the news.
[Host, the kid you granted with a subsystem already woke up]
Ren Qingquan quickly activated the observation mode and both of us observed that boy from far away.
***
At this time the boy still looked half awake as some tears fell from his eyes. But once he saw the scene of destruction around him, the boy's drowsy look quickly changed.
"What? What is going on?!" While talking to himself in confusion, the boy looked all over his body to check on his condition. Seeing it is only bruised from the beating he received from those kids previously, the boy sighed in relief.
Then both of us saw the boy groping around inside his pant's crotch area before pulling a small pouch containing several spirit spirit stones. "Phew, luckily those guys didn't check my pants. Otherwise my hard earned savings would be gone."
After returning the pouch inside his pants, the boy looked a bit thoughtful before quickly searching around his neck. "Where is my necklace?!"
While the boy searched around for his necklace, I heard Ren Qingquan think this is the right moment to activate the subsystem attached to that boy.
'By the way, System. Do you know why those kids before said he can't cultivate?'
[System thinks the spirit energy that boy cultivated is absorbed by the Tribulation Transcender woman inside his necklace. Which makes him unable to collect any spirit qi and in turn make his cultivation regress.]
'As expected.' After hearing my answer, Ren Qingquan quickly typed something and sent it to the boy's subsystem.
[Ding! System initiating!]
"Eh?" Most likely confused from seeing a light screen appearing in front of him, the boy just stared blankly and stopped searching around.
[Congratulations for activating the Super Duper Ultra Powerful Leveling System!
The Super Duper Ultra Powerful Leveling System exists to help the host in leveling their cultivation stage. The host may ask System for more information.]
"Huh?" With his mouth open from confusion, the boy asked. "Then senior system, do you know where my mother's necklace went?"
[The necklace is the System's physical form. After collecting sufficient energy from the host, the Super Duper Ultra Powerful Leveling System has imbued itself on the host's soul.]
When I saw what Ren Qingquan typed, I feel his ability to talk nonsense has greatly increased.
Once the boy reads it, he is slightly agitated."Does that mean you are the reason I can't cultivate and everyone starts calling me trash?!"
Hearing that question, Ren Qingquan quickly typed.
[Insufficient authority level, please ask another question.]
Damn, that is a good answer. I will start using that in the future.
Both the boy and Ren Qingquan started a three minute long question and answer session before the boy finally ran out of questions. With this, I saw Ren Qingquan type another message.
[Please input your username]
Still not getting used to typing, it took the boy one whole minute to input his name.
[Name: Su Ping
Realm: Qi Refining 0/1
Absorbed Spirit Qi: 0/1
Point: 0
Profession: ?
Cultivation Method: ?
Magical Technique: ?
System Function: Status, Map, Shop (locked)]
After everything was finished, both of us saw Su Ping wearing a thoughtful look before his expression turned into one of determination.
Quickly leaving the scene of destruction, he passed through several streets and ran toward a certain direction before finally arriving at an armor shop that hadn't closed yet.
Spending several silver he kept in his pocket, he bought a bag, a drinking pouch, a dagger, and a leather armor that is slightly too big for his body .
Next, both of us saw him running toward another direction and arrived at an inn with a tavern on the first floor.
With his hand, Su Ping pushed the door open and walked in confidently inside while observing the tavern's guests.
He seems to have done his research as he immediately walked towards one of the drunk men and asked, "I want to join your caravan and reach Crimson Claw Immortal City."
When the drunk man heard his word, he waved his hand in shoo-ing motion. "Go away, kid. We don't accept burden on our travel. Traveling to an immortal city is already hard enough as it is."
Placing his hand into one of his pockets, Su Ping pulled five spirit stones that he had separated from the pouch in his crotch. He then secretly placed all five spirit stones inside the man's hand.
Both of us then saw the drunk man stare at Su Ping with deep eyes while fluidly placing the five spirit stones on his pocket. With those spirit stones kept safely inside his pocket, the man's attitude flipped 180 degrees."Rest up, we will go before the sun rises tomorrow. If you haven't woken up by then, we will leave you out. Also, there is no refund if you are indeed late!"
Nodding his head, Su Ping walked to a reception table and purchased a night's stay on the tavern's normal room. Walking toward the third floor, he entered one of the rooms and fell asleep inside after locking the door.
With Su Ping falling asleep, I can sense Ren Qingquan getting bored and exited the observation mode.
Flying several kilometers further from the city, he stopped and descended.
'Lets sleep too.' Ren Qingquan opened [Storage] then pulled his trusted 2x2x2 metal shelter before placing it on the ground. He then entered it and went to sleep. 'System, wake me up when Su Ping starts to travel.'
[Alright.]
**
The next day.
An hour before the sun rose, I saw Su Ping already woke up as he immediately walked toward the inn's backyard and pulled some water from the well.
Washing his face with the water from that well, his initially sleepy look finally refreshed. Su Ping then went towards a corner of the inn's backyard and started cultivating.
When I compare the super diligent Su Ping and Ren Qingquan who is currently sleeping like a log, I feel the urge to blast him up.
Soon, some sound can be heard. From [Scan], I sensed the drunk man from yesterday approaching Su Ping. Sensing the approaching man, Su Ping also woke up from his meditation with an excited face.
It seems he found out that he can finally cultivate once more.
"What a diligent kid, you are already cultivating at such a time?" When he heard the praise coming from that not-drunk-anymore man, Su Ping nodded.
I seriously need to give that man a new nickname.
Just in time, a woman's voice can be heard. "Captain, the carriages are ready! Have you refilled our water?"
"Soon! Soon!" The not-drunk-anymore man or the captain replied while shouting.
He then pulled several drinking pouches made out of animal leather and filled them with water from the inn's well. After filling every single one of them, the captain called out to Su Ping "Let's go, we are leaving."
Su Ping woke up from his meditation and filled his own drinking pouch and followed the captain toward the inn's stable.
There, four other people consisting of two females and two males are waiting, every single one of them is at the limit of Qi Refining stage. Next to them, there are three horses and a huge carriage pulled by two horses. Inside that carriage, I sensed several items containing a considerable amount of energy.
When they saw Su Ping following the captain, some of them frowned. Seeing his teammates' distaste, the captain made some hand gestures while moving his mouth to say 'He paid.'
Realization struck them as their initially frowning face turned into a kind one.
I am utterly amazed by the power of money. Even in another world, money still makes the world turn.
"Alright then everyone, hop on your horse. Li Mei, let the boy sit next to you at the driver's seat. Old Hu and Kuan Gong can sit together."
After giving his command, the captain also hopped on his horse.
I saw Su Ping also followed suit and jumped into the carriage's seat. Next to him, a middle aged woman is pulling the horse's reins.
When she saw Su Ping staring at her, the woman smiled kindly. "Hello there, you may call me Li Mei. May I ask what your name is?"
"My name is Su Ping."
When she heard his answer, I swear I saw Li Mei's eyes shone before asking another question. "Oh, are you someone from the Su family? The richest family in this city?"
the captain who overheard their conversation shouted toward the carriage angrily. "Li Mei, stop being nosy! We are professionals, we only do our job and get paid."
After she was berated by the captain, Li Mei turned silent while mumbling. " *Tsk*, don't destroy my chance of being the wife of a rich guy, old man."
What the hell, did I just see a gold digger in cultivation world?!
With this, the caravan silently walked through the city's road that had just started to get lively. Soon, they arrived at one of the city gates.
Under the city gate, I saw another caravan waiting to leave the city. After being inspected by the several guards, that caravan quickly left the gate.
Su Ping's group went forward and the guards swiftly inspected their caravan before allowing them to leave the city.
As they already left the city, I decided to wake Ren Qingquan up.
Spending a point, I directly created several lightning into Ren Qingquan's body.
"Argh!" With a buzzing sound, he quickly woke up with a shock and screamed while angrily shouting at me, 'System, can't you wake me up more gently? I almost got a heart attack just now!'
[Ding! If host want System to wake you up gently, then host must be more specific with your requirement.]
Ren Qingquan silently rolled his eyes upon reading my answer.
After arguing with me, he exited his metal shelter and stored it inside [Storage] before asking me to activate observation mode to watch Su Ping.
When Ren Qingquan opened his observation mode, what greeted him was the sight of Li Mei doing a sexy pose while controlling the carriage. One moment she will cross one of her arms under her blossom, while the next moment she will slightly lean toward Su Ping.
Next to her, Su Ping just looked forward with an expressionless face.
Ren Qingquan who was shocked internally screamed. 'FBI, a suspicious aunty is doing bad things to a young boy!'
Chapter 73. Inhumane Idea For EXP Farm
Not long after leaving the city, the caravan finally walked away from the main road. Treading on the now uneven dirt path, they steadily marched forward while cutting any overgrown plant blocking the road.
Thanks to the fact everyone on the caravan is either at the peak of Qi Refining or early foundation building stage. Even when there are occasional fallen trees blocking the road, they can easily push it away.
Furthermore, the horses they used are actually spirit beasts with cultivation of at least Qi Refining stage.
The group's strength helped them on their journey, as the beasts in the surrounding area quickly walked away upon sensing the group's strength.
But, just like how there are blind young masters and arrogant sect elders that can't see the severity of heaven and anger protagonist like child of luck. Some spirit beasts are also blind and actually try to hunt targets that's much stronger than them.
While resting in an opening nearby their path, Su Ping's group heard many rustling sounds from quite far away. From the [Scan] I left on him, I detected the existence of many monkeys.
When the captain heard it, he quickly rose up and ordered, "Old Hu, check the situation. Kuan Gong and Xiao Wen guard the carriage while preparing your attack."
Old Hu quickly left the team and entered the forest. Then, I saw him climbing a tree before quickly returning to the team. "There is a group of Silver Tail Monkeys coming our way. Five at Body Tempering stage, Three at Qi Refining stage and One at Foundation Building stage."
The captain frowned, "Is there still time to leave?"
Old Hu shook his head, " I don't think it is possible."
"Then prepare for combat!" At the same time as the Captain's voice, the sound of monkey's scream can be heard from the surroundings as they surround the caravan team.
With the Foundation Building stage monkey's scream as their mark, the surrounding monkeys immediately attack.
The captain, already prepared for their march, pulled the sword from his sheath.
"Giant Sword Aura!" Shouting the name of his technique, the Captain's initially short sword is surrounded by a qi aura that turns it into the size of a claymore.
Using his sword to block the path of three Qi Refining monkeys, the attack prepared by Kuan Gong finally arrived.
"Fiery Dragon Dance!" From nearby the carriage, Kuan Gong sent the Magical Technique he had prepared toward the monkeys blocked by the captain.
*Boom*
An explosion quickly swallowed the monkeys in front of him. The captain who had prepared for such an impact, already hid himself behind his claymore sized sword.
The long preparation of that magical technique doesn't come to waste as it directly killed three monkeys.
Meanwhile Xiao Wen who has pulled her bow is rapidly shooting at the monkeys coming from different directions.
When the Foundation Building monkey saw many of its minions getting killed, it finally started to take action.
Rapidly moving through trees, it jumped down like a meteor toward the caravan captain that had killed three of its strongest underlings.
"Earth Wall!" Already prepared himself for the attack, the captain shouted the name of a magical technique as a wall made of earth rose from the ground on the path of that monkey's descent.
Hitting his body on the wall without any preparation, the monkey successfully shattered it in exchange of turning a bit dizzy.
Old Hu who had been waiting for the right moment, arrived behind the stunned Foundation Building stage monkey and stabbed his dagger in it.
The dagger which contained some poison weakened the monkey even further. But even in its weakened state, the monkey still had time to smash its hand toward Old Hu who barely managed to evade.
Although he successfully evaded the monkey's claw attack, the air from its attack still managed to leave some wounds on his body.
While Old Hu is holding his wounded abdomen, a magical technique coming from Li Mei helped him to recover. The initially deep wound quickly recovered until it only left some scars.
At this time, Xiao Wen has finished preparing her magical technique.
"Eternal ice Arrow!" With her shout, a cold aura appeared on Xiao Wen's arrows as she shot three arrows consecutively toward the monkey.
Although it successfully evaded two of them thanks to its agility, one of the arrows still successfully landed on its abdomen and slowed down its movement.
Using his claymore, the captain gave that monkey the finishing blow and finally beheaded it.
While those people are fighting for their lives, Su Ping is sitting in the carriage's seat and staring at the notification that has been appearing non-stop.
[Ding! Successfully devoured 5 points!]x3
[Ding! Successfully devoured 0.5 points!] x10
[Ding! Successfully devoured 10 points!]
After the battle, Su Ping actually gained a total of 50 points without doing anything!
***
Looking at the caravan's battle, I actually feel a weird feeling. The way they fight somehow reminds me of those adventurers in fantasy anime instead of cultivators.
What is with the caravan's super balanced team composition that is made of 1 healer, 1 tank, 1 scout, and 2 damage dealers. Coupled with their good team work, it seriously creeped me out.
Shouldn't all cultivators have balanced stat?
'System, help me mark Su Ping's location. I wanna follow them just in case.' Suddenly Ren Qingquan was ready to move his ass and requested me to mark the map.
Because I've been observing Su Ping's path since he left the city, I easily marked the caravan's current location on Ren Qingquan's map.
Ren Qingquan used the map and flew toward the location those caravans were moving. While flying, I heard Ren Qingquan asking me a question.
'System, do you think I can also follow that pay to win path?' I can feel Ren Qingquan actually got tempted by how Su Ping gained points easily by asking others to kill monsters for him.
[System thinks it is possible. How about host pay some nascent soul cultivators and above to help you? System thinks the host can use some of the energy gained from their help to pay those people, which results in zero cost investment!]
'Actually, I am just asking, it doesn't mean I wanna do it.' Ren Qingquan just shrugged. 'What you said seems like a pain in the ass.'
Why are you asking about it in the first place then?! ಠ益ಠ
Perhaps Ren Qingquan felt my anger as he continued, 'Actually, rather than looking for spirit beasts to hunt, I prefer for those spirit beasts to bring their head to me on their own initiative.'
[Please explain, System don't quite get what hosts mean.]
I actually already read his thoughts. But unlike usual, this idea of his is a bit scattered which requires me to spend some time to piece it slowly. Rather than spending my already limited calculation power on such a thing, I'd rather ask him directly.
When Ren Qingquan heard my question, he looked a bit thoughtful before piecing his scattered idea and explained it to me.
'I mean, when I saw the description of that storage space with twice the time flow you gave me last night, I thought of a new idea.' Equipping his enlightened expression, Ren Qingquan continued in a tone that's asking for a beating.
'Initially I planned to turn it into a spiritual plant farm and get some money, but the scene before has awakened me and opened my horizon.'
'Rather than using it as a field, why don't I rear spirit beasts with it. I just need to store some spirit qi and food inside. Once the spirit beasts inside have reached old age or certain cultivation stage, I will kill them and devour their souls. Meanwhile, I can also collect their corpses and sell them to other cultivators and purchase more food to feed them.'
When I heard Ren Qingquan's idea, I feel it was quite cruel. But I am sure such a thing happens everyday at farms, right? I hope the animal association won't target us for animal abuse~
Wait a moment, Ren Qingquan's brain actually went online once again! I need to check whether or not I am affected by his intelligence suppressing luck.
I quickly activated calculation and looked for any possible sign of my intelligence being decreased in this conversation. After making sure I don't seem to be affected at all, I sighed in relief and replied.
[So, do you need the system's help on something?]
'Yeah, can you help me to look for beasts with good reproduction ability and high cultivation speed?' Ren Qingquan nodded as he continued, 'Oh, also don't select beasts that are too cute. Turning them into farm animals makes me uncomfortable. I am afraid it will turn into my heart demon, if heart demon even exists in this world.'
I hesitated for a bit upon hearing his request. Such a thing will took quite a lot of my attention. Right now, my attention has been spread between seven people, which are: Ren Qingquan, Su Ping, Ren Qingchen, Sect Master of Pure Wave Sect, Elder Fengyun, one of the duo chasing after Ren Qingquan, and a random person attached with subsystems.
Of course that hesitation doesn't last long, to be exact it only lasted for a mere five seconds before I happily agreed.
Now then, if I need to check the data for every beasts we meet, it will either require me to overload my calculation power, increase my [Calculate], or give up observing some of the people I currently observe.
After some thought, I decided to spend the 30,000 points I gained from the last few days. Money exists to be spent after all.
This hurt me physically, but the prospect of an automatic EXP farm is just that tempting for me!
I actually wanna make Ren Qingquan bear the cost. But looking at the pitiful 2,000 points remaining in his pocket, even I can't bear to take his points.
I am not that heartless... yet.
***
When the plan are brought to reality, it turns out to be quite harder than I initially expected.
While Ren Qingquan is stalking Su Ping from far away by flying in midair, I am busy scanning the beasts he passes through.
I actually found quite a lot of beasts meeting the first requirement.
For one, most insects I scanned meet this criteria. But their cultivation speed is abysmally low with barely a dozen of Body Tempering Stage beasts among a group consisting of hundred thousands or even millions of insects.
Furthermore the amount of energy that can be gained from the soul of an insect is also much lower than the soul of beasts or humans.
There are also some mammals that meet both first and second requirements. But, they failed in Ren Qingquan's third criteria.
That's right, they are too cute!
For example, there is this group of bunnies that is good at multiplying. But their brown fur and huge eyes are just too cute.
There is also a colony of rats consisting of many Body Tempering stages and even qi refining rats. But different from the rats found in modern day's city, this group of critters looks more like hamsters.
Who would've guessed, Ren Qingquan's nonsensical last request is actually the hardest part!
Also, curse this stupid cultivation world! Why are there so many cute small creatures in it!
Chapter 74. Fall
After the battle against that group of monkeys, Su Ping's group continued to travel until evening before they decided to start a camp and rest.
Although they occasionally met with some beasts, but, thanks to the caravan team's superb coordination, the journey went smoothly without much delay.
Including the one gained from those monkeys, Su Ping has gained a total of 50 points during his journey. Because except for those monkeys that arrive in groups, the beasts that attacked them usually come alone.
When morning arrived, the group continued their travel and finally reached a road in the middle of a mountain slope.
On the left of the road, there is an uphill slope covered with greenery. While on the right side, there is an extremely steep cliff that lasts until the edge of my [Scan].
"Once we walk past this road, we will be able to see the immortal city. If there aren't any problems, we should've arrived in the evening today." Captain suddenly spoke and told the team.
After listening to the captain's words, Su Ping nodded before busying himself with checking the System function he received. Maybe because he is unable to concentrate and meditate while sitting in the carriage, both Ren Qingquan and I found out he has been either scrolling through the list of items or staring at the system map since yesterday.
When the group traversed the path for three hours, I detected a group of creatures from the boundary of the [Scan] I left on Su Ping.
Su Ping also saw the ten dots of varying size I placed inside, as his face turned thoughtful before whispering to Li Mei who sat next to him. "Sister Li Mei, there are seven creatures hiding behind that corner."
When Li Mei heard his word, she frowned and whistled toward the captain. The captain who heard it slowed down the movement of his horse until he was located nearby Li Mei.
"What's going on?" The captain asked with a confused face.
Li Mei answered him while slightly pointing toward the corner in front of them. "Su Ping said he sensed seven living creatures behind that corner."
While looking at Su Ping, the captain asked. "Is that so? Can you tell me which cultivation stage they are at?"
Su Ping stared at the system map and compared the size of those dots before replying,"There is one Foundation Building, three Qi Refining, and three Body Tempering stage creatures."
Captain nodded his head as his face turned serious. Then he looked at everyone surrounding the carriage.
Li Mei's whistle and the captain's previous movement had caught everyone's attention as they all looked at the carriage. I saw the captain use some hand signs and the other's face also changed as they prepared for combat.
When the caravan passed through the corner, a group of bandits went out of hiding and ambushed them.
First, three Qi Refining stage bandits released several arrows with talismans attached to it. Meanwhile, three other Body Tempering stage bandits ran toward the group with a Foundation Building Stage bandit in the middle.
Luckily Su Ping has told the caravan group of the ambush. The captain who already prepared his magical technique quickly released it and summoned a wall made of soil in front of him.
*Boom!*
The earth wall successfully blocked those arrows. But the explosion caused by the talismans attached to those arrows caused the earth wall to be destroyed.
With the wall's destruction, the bandit leader, surrounded by three of his subordinates, passed through it easily and ran toward the caravan captain who stood in front.
Just like before, the caravan captain pulled his sword and imbued it with his spirit qi which solidified and increased the size of his sword. At this time, the captain has crossed his sword and prepared for an impact as he probably calculated that Kuan Gong will soon release his magical technique.
"Fiery Dragon Dance!" Following Kuan Gong's shout I saw flames appear and rushed toward the bandit leader who had stood nearby the caravan captain. The bandit leader who had just prepared his attack toward the Captain decided to change the direction of his attack at last second and throw his fist which is equipped with an iron glove, toward the incoming flame attack.
With the sound of explosion coming from the surroundings of his hand, the bandit leader successfully dispersed Kuan Gong's attack without any injury.
But the same can't be said with his Body Tempering subordinates as one of them received a serious burn wound due to the dispersed flame.
At this time, Old Hu who has prepared himself suddenly throws a hidden weapon toward the bandit leader who has just regained his balance.
To make sure Old Hu's attack would arrive at his target, the caravan captain quickly changed his defensive posture and attacked the bandit leader using his sword and forced the bandit leader to spend most of his energy blocking his sword.
***
While the captain was battling the bandit leader at the front of the team, I saw one of the Qi Refining stage bandits running toward the slope while hiding his body behind some greenery and running toward the rear of Su Ping's group. To be exact, his target is most likely the carriage with Li Mei and Su Ping on it.
Su Ping also saw it from the system map and immediately told Xiao Wen who stood nearby the carriage about it. "Miss Xiao Wen, there is a bandit coming from the slope on our left!"
Xiao Wen immediately pointed her bow toward the slope while searching for the bandit Su Ping mentioned.
But at this time, the bandit had already arrived nearby the carriage. Feeling his location has been seen through, that bandit pulled a mental plate and a spirit stone from his pocket.
The metal plate he pulled is engraved with a small sized formation, which is similar to the plate Lackey A used to summon his light beam attack while fighting against Ren Qingquan before.
Then, I saw that bandit quickly placed a spirit stone above a metal plate engraved with runes and pointed it toward the carriage. With the formation plate's activation, a strong gust of wind is summoned toward the caravan's carriage. Most likely trying to topple it and make the group unable to advance any further.
At the same time that bandit used his formation plate, Xiao Wen located his exact location and released her arrow. The arrow, coated with a cold aura, hit that bandit right in the hips and made him unable to move any further.
Meanwhile Li Mei has successfully escaped on time to evade the gust of wind by hiding behind the carriage that started to lose its balance. While jumping, she also tried to pull Su Ping along.
Unfortunately she is a bit late. By the time her hand almost reached him, he had been brought along by the wind.
The power of that gust of wind is extremely ridiculous. Even when Su Ping had already prepared himself, the wind was still strong enough to push him along and throw him towards the cliff next to the road.
When the carriage overturned due to the wind, Li Mei screamed as she realized she actually failed to grab onto Su Ping and saw him fall toward the cliff.
From Su Ping's [Scan], I saw Li Mei and Xiao Wen's faces turn pale.
***
Ren Qingquan, who has opened a viewing mode that shows Su Ping's current situation in 2.5 D view, commented upon seeing him fall into a cliff.
'Darn, is he going to find the inheritance of some expert after falling? I am pretty sure I often saw the plot of the protagonists falling to a cliff and finding inheritance in the xianxia novel I read before transmigrating.'
What Ren Qingquan said just now is logical! With how this cultivation world dotes on people with luck, such a nonsensical plot can indeed happen.
While Ren Qingquan is commenting, Su Ping is currently trying his best to hold on for his dear life.
I saw him attempt to use some martial arts techniques to balance himself and stop his fall. But every attempt of his only resulted in injuries on his hands and feet due to the inertia and probably lack of training.
So Su Ping could only keep rolling until he hit a branch and grabbed it with all his might.
What a pity, the branch he grabbed is too weak to hold his weight as it finally snapped under the pressure. And so, Su Ping began his descent once again.
As I saw him fall once more, I started thinking.
Maybe I need to add some talismans or magical treasures to the system shop. After all, among the books Ren Qingquan scanned before in the Pure Wave Sect's library, there are several books talking about how to craft talismans.
If Su Ping had some sort of flying talisman on him at this time, such a scene of falling from a cliff definitely wouldn't've happened.
Once I have that thought, I just can't stop. So I immediately added talismans, formation plates like the one that the robber used previously, spirit stones, and several other consumables into the system shop.
The difference between talisman and formation plate being talisman are consumable that will disappear after one use. Meanwhile, the formation plate can be used continuously by spending some spirit stone to activate it.
Wait, I am getting sidetracked. Right now I need to make sure Su Ping won't suddenly die while falling from the cliff.
Luckily this time the fall didn't last for long as he soon landed on a solid rock that protruded from the cliff. With his head bleeding profusely, I saw Su Ping calmly opened the system shop and scrolled until he found an item.
[Restoration Pill: 10 points each.
Description: quickly restore wounds.]
Once Su Ping clicked on the purchase option, I created the pill on his palm.
Su Ping felt the pill that suddenly appeared on his hand and connected it with the pill he just purchased from the system panel. Without much hesitation, he swallowed it and the wound on his body quickly healed.
Some of you might've guessed it, that pill is something I stole from Ren Qingchen.
Yesterday, I saw him fighting an intense battle against three Foundation Building stage beasts and got injured quite severely.
He then pulled that pill from his pocket and swallowed it. The effect of that pill is immediate as I saw the wound on his body turn into scabs within seconds before it finally disappeared.
Seeing how miraculous it is, I scanned it and placed it on the system shop. Who would've guessed, it actually came to use so quickly.
Truly, placing some of my attention on Ren Qingchen is the best decision I've made in the last few days.